February 8, 2013

Blue French Horn

Update: Thanks to Brandi's expertise, I now know that I have a Trompe de Chasse and not a "French horn looking instrument" :)

I mentioned how I planned on painting it blue as a nod to the blue French horn Ted stole for Robin in an episode of How I Met Your Mother and a lot of you seemed to be as excited about the idea as I was! Well guess what happened Wednesday night? The French horn went from brass to blue!

Painting it was pretty simple. I took the price sticker off, removed its sticky residue with some Goo Gone, and then washed the entire thing with some soap and water. I let it dry for a little bit before taking it outside and painting it with a few thin and even coats of spray paint:

I was a music major in college and we are famous for turning old musical instruments into lamps, lol. Or putting plexiglass on top and making tables. With your horn....I would do one of those encased frames and put it inside. I might would put some old, yellowed sheets of music and other things with it, behind it, etc. I don't watch the show you got the idea from but its cute!

I'm curious to see what you do with it because I have something similar. I'm actually impressed that you didn't buy it and leave it in a closet somewhere for a year before you painted it. That's my M.O.

Scotty - I love the lamp idea! I don't know if a cord would fit through the instrument but I could try it and see what happens. The shadowbox idea is great too!

Kelly - Haha that's usually my M.O. too but spray painting weather came early so I couldn't resist! If it makes you feel any better, we've been working on a table for 3 months now. Well technically we only worked on it 1 day and haven't been back to it in 3 months haha

Chelsea - Thanks! A gallery wall is a great idea! I need to find a better way to hang it though since the exposed nails kind of drive me insane haha